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    1 voy0001 THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN  
    2 voy0002 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG RECORDED BY CHRIS GORINGE  
    3 voy0003 THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING PART FOUR CHAPTER TWO  
    4 voy0004 THE FIDGIT'S STORY WELL NOW THAT HE WAS STARTED ONCE MORE UPON HIS OLD HOBBY OF THE SHELLFISH LANGUAGES THERE  
    5 voy0005 WAS NO STOPPING THE DOCTOR HE WORKED RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT  
    6 voy0006 A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT I FELL ASLEEP IN A CHAIR ABOUT TWO IN THE MORNING  
    7 voy0007 BUMPO FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND FOR FIVE HOURS THE CURLEW WAS ALLOWED TO DRIFT WHERE SHE LIKED  
    8 voy0008 BUT STILL JOHN DOLITTLE WORKED ON TRYING HIS HARDEST TO UNDERSTAND THE FIDGIT'S LANGUAGE  
    9 voy0009 STRUGGLING TO MAKE THE FIDGIT UNDERSTAND HIM WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT AGAIN  
    10 voy0010 THE DOCTOR WAS STILL STANDING AT THE LISTENING TANK LOOKING AS TIRED AS  
    11 voy0011 AN OWL AND DREADFULLY WET BUT ON HIS FACE THERE WAS A PROUD  
    12 voy0012 AND HAPPY SMILE STUBBINS HE SAID AS SOON AS HE SAW ME STIR I'VE  
    13 voy0013 DONE IT I'VE GOT THE KEY TO THE FIDGIT'S LANGUAGE IT'S A  
    14 voy0014 FRIGHTFULLY DIFFICULT LANGUAGE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I EVER HEARD  
    15 voy0015 THE ONLY THING IT REMINDS ME OF SLIGHTLY IS ANCIENT HEBREW  
    16 voy0016 IT ISN'T SHELLFISH BUT IT'S A BIG STEP TOWARDS IT NOW THE NEXT THING  
    17 voy0017 I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PENCIL AND A FRESH NOTEBOOK AND WRITE DOWN  
    18 voy0018 EVERYTHING I SAY THE FIDGIT HAS PROMISED TO TELL ME THE STORY OF HIS LIFE  
    19 voy0019 I WILL TRANSLATE IT INTO ENGLISH AND YOU PUT IT DOWN IN THE BOOK ARE  
    20 voy0020 YOU READY ONCE MORE THE DOCTOR LOWERED HIS EAR BENEATH THE LEVEL OF THE WATER  
    21 voy0021 AND AS HE BEGAN TO SPEAK I STARTED TO WRITE AND THIS IS THE STORY  
    22 voy0022 THAT THE FIDGIT TOLD US THIRTEEN MONTHS IN AN AQUARIUM  
    23 voy0023 I WAS BORN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN CLOSE TO THE COAST OF CHILE  
    24 voy0024 I WAS ONE OF A FAMILY OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN  
    25 voy0025 SOON AFTER OUR MOTHER AND FATHER LEFT US WE YOUNGSTERS GOT SCATTERED  
    26 voy0026 THE FAMILY WAS BROKEN UP BY A HERD OF WHALES WHO CHASED US  
    27 voy0027 I AND MY SISTER CLIPPA SHE WAS MY FAVORITE SISTER  
    28 voy0028 HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE FOR OUR LIVES AS A RULE  
    29 voy0029 WHALES ARE NOT VERY HARD TO GET AWAY FROM IF YOU ARE GOOD AT DODGING  
    30 voy0030 IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT A QUICK SWERVE BUT THIS ONE THAT CAME AFTER CLIPPA AND MYSELF WAS  
    31 voy0031 A VERY MEAN WHALE EVERY TIME HE LOST US UNDER A STONE OR SOMETHING  
    32 voy0032 HE'D COME BACK AND HUNT AND HUNT TILL HE ROUTED US OUT INTO THE OPEN AGAIN  
    33 voy0033 I NEVER SAW SUCH A NASTY PERSEVERING BRUTE WELL WE SHOOK HIM AT LAST  
    34 voy0034 THOUGH NOT BEFORE HE HAD WORRIED US FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES NORTHWARD  
    35 voy0035 UP THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA BUT LUCK WAS AGAINST US THAT DAY  
    36 voy0036 WHILE WE WERE RESTING AND TRYING TO GET OUR BREATH  
    37 voy0037 ANOTHER FAMILY OF FIDGITS CAME RUSHING BY SHOUTING COME ON SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES THE DOG FISH ARE COMING  
    38 voy0038 NOW DOG FISH ARE PARTICULARLY FOND OF FIDGITS WE ARE YOU MIGHT SAY THEIR FAVORITE FOOD  
    39 voy0039 AND FOR THAT REASON WE ALWAYS KEEP AWAY FROM DEEP MUDDY WATERS WHAT'S MORE  
    40 voy0040 DOG FISH ARE NOT EASY TO ESCAPE FROM THEY ARE TERRIBLY FAST AND CLEVER HUNTERS  
    41 voy0041 SO UP WE HAD TO JUMP AND ON AGAIN  
    42 voy0042 AFTER WE HAD GONE A FEW MORE HUNDRED MILES WE LOOKED BACK  
    43 voy0043 AND SAW THAT THE DOG FISH WERE GAINING ON US  
    44 voy0044 SO WE TURNED INTO A HARBOR IT HAPPENED TO BE ONE ON THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES  
    45 voy0045 HERE WE GUESSED AND HOPED THE DOG FISH WOULD NOT BE LIKELY TO FOLLOW US  
    46 voy0046 AS IT HAPPENED THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEE US TURN IN BUT DASHED ON NORTHWARD  
    47 voy0047 AND WE NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN I HOPE THEY FROZE TO DEATH  
    48 voy0048 IN THE ARCTIC SEAS BUT AS I SAID LUCK WAS AGAINST US THAT  
    49 voy0049 DAY WHILE I AND MY SISTER WERE CRUISING GENTLY ROUND THE SHIPS ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR  
    50 voy0050 LOOKING FOR ORANGE PEELS A GREAT DELICACY WITH US SWOOP BANG  
    51 voy0051 WE WERE CAUGHT IN A NET WE STRUGGLED FOR ALL WE WERE WORTH BUT IT WAS NO USE  
    52 voy0052 THE NET WAS SMALL MESHED AND STRONGLY MADE  
    53 voy0053 KICKING AND FLIPPING WE WERE HAULED UP THE SIDE OF THE SHIP AND DUMPED DOWN ON THE DECK  
    54 voy0054 HIGH AND DRY IN A BLAZING NOON DAY SUN  
    55 voy0055 HERE A COUPLE OF OLD MEN IN WHISKERS AND SPECTACLES LEANT OVER US MAKING STRANGE SOUNDS  
    56 voy0056 SOME CODLING HAD GOT CAUGHT IN THE NET THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE  
    57 voy0057 THESE THE OLD MEN THREW BACK INTO THE SEA BUT US THEY SEEMED TO THINK VERY PRECIOUS  
    58 voy0058 THEY PUT US CAREFULLY INTO A LARGE JAR AND AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN US ON SHORE  
    59 voy0059 THEY WENT TO A BIG HOUSE AND CHANGED US FROM THE JAR  
    60 voy0060 INTO GLASS BOXES FULL OF WATER THIS HOUSE WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE HARBOR  
    61 voy0061 AND A SMALL STREAM OF SEA WATER WAS MADE TO FLOW THROUGH THE GLASS TANK SO WE COULD BREATHE PROPERLY  
    62 voy0062 OF COURSE WE HAD NEVER LIVED INSIDE GLASS WALLS BEFORE  
    63 voy0063 AND AT FIRST WE KEPT ON TRYING TO SWIM THROUGH THEM AND GOT OUR NOSES  
    64 voy0064 AWFULLY SORE BUMPING THE GLASS AT FULL SPEED THEN FOLLOWED WEEKS AND WEEKS OF WEARY IDLENESS  
    65 voy0065 THEY TREATED US WELL SO FAR AS THEY KNEW HOW  
    66 voy0066 THE OLD FELLOWS IN SPECTACLES CAME AND LOOKED AT US PROUDLY TWICE A DAY AND SAW  
    67 voy0067 THAT WE HAD THE PROPER FOOD TO EAT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF LIGHT AND  
    68 voy0068 THAT THE WATER WAS NOT TOO HOT OR TOO COLD BUT OH THE  
    69 voy0069 DULLNESS OF THAT LIFE IT SEEMED WE WERE A KIND OF A SHOW  
    70 voy0070 AT A CERTAIN HOUR EVERY MORNING THE BIG DOORS OF THE HOUSE WERE THROWN OPEN  
    71 voy0071 AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WHO HAD NOTHING SPECIAL TO DO CAME IN AND LOOKED AT US  
    72 voy0072 THERE WERE OTHER TANKS FILLED WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISHES ALL ROUND THE WALLS OF THE BIG ROOM AND  
    73 voy0073 THE CROWDS WOULD GO FROM TANK TO TANK  
    74 voy0074 LOOKING IN AT US THROUGH THE GLASS WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN LIKE HALF WITTED  
    75 voy0075 FLOUNDERS WE GOT SO SICK OF IT THAT WE USED TO OPEN OUR MOUTHS BACK AT THEM AND  
    76 voy0076 THIS THEY SEEMED TO THINK HIGHLY COMICAL ONE DAY MY SISTER SAID TO ME  
    77 voy0077 THINK YOU BROTHER THAT THESE STRANGE CREATURES WHO HAVE CAPTURED US CAN TALK  
    78 voy0078 SURELY SAID I HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED THAT SOME TALK WITH THE LIPS ONLY  
    79 voy0079 SOME WITH THE WHOLE FACE AND YET OTHERS DISCOURSE WITH THE HANDS  
    80 voy0080 WHEN THEY COME QUITE CLOSE TO THE GLASS YOU CAN HEAR THEM LISTEN  
    81 voy0081 AT THAT MOMENT A FEMALE LARGER THAN THE REST  
    82 voy0082 PRESSED HER NOSE UP AGAINST THE GLASS POINTED AT ME AND SAID TO HER YOUNG BEHIND HER  
    83 voy0083 OH LOOK HERE'S A QUEER ONE AND THEN WE NOTICED THAT THEY NEARLY ALWAYS SAID THIS  
    84 voy0084 WHEN THEY LOOKED IN AND FOR A LONG TIME WE  
    85 voy0085 THOUGHT THAT SUCH WAS THE WHOLE EXTENT OF THE LANGUAGE  
    86 voy0086 THIS BEING A PEOPLE OF BUT FEW IDEAS TO  
    87 voy0087 HELP PASS AWAY THE WEARY HOURS WE LEARNED IT BY HEART OH LOOK  
    88 voy0088 HERE'S A QUEER ONE BUT WE NEVER GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANT  
    89 voy0089 OTHER PHRASES HOWEVER WE DID GET THE MEANING OF  
    90 voy0090 AND WE EVEN LEARNED TO READ A LITTLE IN MAN TALK  
    91 voy0091 MANY BIG SIGNS THERE WERE SET UP UPON THE WALLS AND WHEN WE SAW THAT  
    92 voy0092 THE KEEPERS STOPPED THE PEOPLE FROM SPITTING AND SMOKING  
    93 voy0093 POINTED TO THESE SIGNS ANGRILY AND READ THEM OUT LOUD  
    94 voy0094 WE KNEW THEN THAT THESE WRITINGS SIGNIFIED NO SMOKING AND DON'T SPIT  
    95 voy0095 THEN IN THE EVENINGS AFTER THE CROWD HAD GONE THE SAME AGED MALE  
    96 voy0096 WITH ONE LEG OF WOOD SWEPT UP THE PEANUT SHELLS WITH A BROOM EVERY NIGHT AND  
    97 voy0097 WHILE HE WAS SO DOING HE ALWAYS WHISTLED THE SAME TUNE TO HIMSELF  
    98 voy0098 THIS MELODY WE RATHER LIKED AND WE LEARNED THAT TOO BY HEART  
    99 voy0099 THINKING IT WAS PART OF THE LANGUAGE THUS A WHOLE YEAR WENT BY IN THIS DISMAL PLACE  
    100 voy0100 SOME DAYS NEW FISHES WERE BROUGHT IN TO THE OTHER TANKS  
    101 voy0101 AND OTHER DAYS OLD FISHES WERE TAKEN OUT  
    102 voy0102 AT FIRST WE HAD HOPED WE WOULD ONLY BE KEPT HERE FOR A WHILE AND  
    103 voy0103 THAT AFTER WE HAD BEEN LOOKED AT SUFFICIENTLY WE WOULD BE RETURNED TO FREEDOM AND THE SEA  
    104 voy0104 BUT AS MONTH AFTER MONTH WENT BY AND WE WERE LEFT UNDISTURBED  
    105 voy0105 OUR HEARTS GREW HEAVY WITHIN OUR PRISON WALLS OF GLASS AND WE SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER  
    106 voy0106 LESS AND LESS ONE DAY WHEN THE CROWD WAS THICKEST IN THE BIG ROOM  
    107 voy0107 A WOMAN WITH A RED FACE FAINTED FROM THE HEAT I WATCHED THROUGH THE GLASS  
    108 voy0108 AND SAW THAT THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GOT HIGHLY EXCITED  
    109 voy0109 THOUGH TO ME IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE A MATTER OF VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE  
    110 voy0110 THEY THREW COLD WATER ON HER AND CARRIED HER OUT INTO THE OPEN AIR  
    111 voy0111 THIS MADE ME THINK MIGHTILY AND PRESENTLY A GREAT IDEA BURST UPON ME  
    112 voy0112 SISTER I SAID TURNING TO POOR CLIPPA WHO WAS SULKING AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR PRISON  
    113 voy0113 TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND A STONE FROM THE STUPID GAZE OF THE CHILDREN WHO  
    114 voy0114 THRONGED ABOUT OUR TANK SUPPOSING THAT WE PRETENDED WE WERE SICK  
    115 voy0115 DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD TAKE US ALSO FROM THIS STUFFY HOUSE BROTHER  
    116 voy0116 SAID SHE WEARILY THAT THEY MIGHT DO BUT MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD  
    117 voy0117 THROW US ON A RUBBISH HEAP WHERE WE WOULD DIE IN THE HOT SUN  
    118 voy0118 BUT SAID I WHY SHOULD THEY GO ABROAD TO SEEK A RUBBISH HEAP  
    119 voy0119 WHEN THE HARBOR IS SO CLOSE  
    120 voy0120 WHILE WE WERE BEING BROUGHT HERE I SAW MEN THROWING THEIR RUBBISH INTO THE WATER  
    121 voy0121 IF THEY WOULD ONLY THROW US ALSO THERE WE COULD QUICKLY REACH THE SEA  
    122 voy0122 THE SEA MURMURED POOR CLIPPA WITH A FARAWAY LOOK IN HER EYES  
    123 voy0123 SHE HAD FINE EYES HAD MY SISTER CLIPPA HOW LIKE A DREAM IT SOUNDS THE SEA  
    124 voy0124 OH BROTHER WILL WE EVER SWIM IN IT AGAIN THINK YOU  
    125 voy0125 EVERY NIGHT AS I LIE AWAKE ON THE FLOOR OF THIS EVIL SMELLING DUNGEON  
    126 voy0126 I HEAR ITS HEARTY VOICE RINGING IN MY EARS HOW I HAVE LONGED FOR IT  
    127 voy0127 JUST TO FEEL IT ONCE AGAIN THE NICE BIG WHOLESOME HOMELINESS OF IT ALL  
    128 voy0128 TO JUMP JUST TO JUMP FROM THE CREST OF AN ATLANTIC WAVE LAUGHING IN THE TRADE WIND'S SPINDRIFT  
    129 voy0129 DOWN INTO THE BLUE GREEN SWIRLING TROUGH  
    130 voy0130 TO CHASE THE SHRIMPS ON A SUMMER EVENING WHEN THE SKY IS RED AND THE LIGHT'S ALL PINK WITHIN THE FOAM  
    131 voy0131 TO LIE ON THE TOP IN THE DOLDRUMS NOONDAY CALM AND WARM YOUR TUMMY IN THE TROPIC SUN  
    132 voy0132 TO WANDER HAND IN HAND ONCE MORE THROUGH THE GIANT SEAWEED  
    133 voy0133 FORESTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN SEEKING THE DELICIOUS EGGS OF THE POP POP  
    134 voy0134 TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK AMONG THE CASTLES OF THE CORAL TOWNS  
    135 voy0135 WITH THEIR PEARL AND JASPER WINDOWS SPANGLING THE FLOOR OF THE SPANISH MAIN  
    136 voy0136 TO PICNIC IN THE ANEMONE MEADOWS DIM BLUE AND LILAC GRAY  
    137 voy0137 THAT LIE IN THE LOWLANDS BEYOND THE SOUTH SEA GARDEN  
    138 voy0138 TO THROW SOMERSAULTS ON THE SPRINGY SPONGE BEDS OF THE MEXICAN GULF  
    139 voy0139 TO POKE ABOUT AMONG THE DEAD SHIPS AND SEE WHAT WONDERS AND ADVENTURES LIE INSIDE  
    140 voy0140 AND THEN ON WINTER NIGHTS WHEN THE NORTHEASTER WHIPS THE WATER INTO FROTH  
    141 voy0141 TO SWOOP DOWN AND DOWN TO GET AWAY FROM THE COLD  
    142 voy0142 DOWN TO WHERE THE WATER'S WARM AND DARK  
    143 voy0143 DOWN AND STILL DOWN TILL WE SPY THE TWINKLE OF THE FIRE EELS  
    144 voy0144 FAR BELOW WHERE OUR FRIENDS AND COUSINS SIT CHATTING ROUND THE COUNCIL GROTTO  
    145 voy0145 CHATTING BROTHER OVER THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE SEA OH AND  
    146 voy0146 THEN SHE BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY SNIFFLING STOP IT I SAID YOU MAKE ME HOMESICK  
    147 voy0147 LOOK HERE LET'S PRETEND WE'RE SICK OR BETTER STILL LET'S PRETEND WE'RE DEAD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS  
    148 voy0148 IF THEY THROW US ON A RUBBISH HEAP AND WE FRY IN THE SUN  
    149 voy0149 WE'LL NOT BE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN WE ARE HERE IN THIS SMELLY PRISON  
    150 voy0150 WHAT DO YOU SAY WILL YOU RISK IT I WILL SHE SAID AND GLADLY  
    151 voy0151 SO NEXT MORNING TWO FIDGITS WERE FOUND BY THE KEEPER  
    152 voy0152 FLOATING ON THE TOP OF THE WATER IN THEIR TANK STIFF AND DEAD  
    153 voy0153 WE GAVE A MIGHTY GOOD IMITATION OF DEAD FISH ALTHOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF  
    154 voy0154 THE KEEPER RAN AND GOT THE OLD GENTLEMEN WITH SPECTACLES AND WHISKERS THEY  
    155 voy0155 THREW UP THEIR HANDS IN HORROR WHEN THEY SAW US  
    156 voy0156 LIFTING US CAREFULLY OUT OF THE WATER THEY LAID US ON WET CLOTHS  
    157 voy0157 THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF ALL  
    158 voy0158 IF YOU'RE A FISH AND GET TAKEN OUT OF THE WATER YOU HAVE TO KEEP OPENING AND SHUTTING YOUR MOUTH  
    159 voy0159 TO BREATHE AT ALL AND EVEN THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP UP FOR LONG  
    160 voy0160 AND ALL THIS TIME WE HAD TO STAY STIFF AS STICKS AND BREATHE SILENTLY  
    161 voy0161 THROUGH HALF CLOSED LIPS WELL THE OLD FELLOWS POKED US AND  
    162 voy0162 FELT US AND PINCHED US TILL I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER BE DONE  
    163 voy0163 THEN WHEN THEIR BACKS WERE TURNED A MOMENT  
    164 voy0164 A WRETCHED CAT GOT UP ON THE TABLE AND NEARLY ATE US  
    165 voy0165 LUCKILY THE OLD MEN TURNED ROUND IN TIME AND SHOOED HER AWAY  
    166 voy0166 YOU MAY BE SURE THOUGH THAT WE TOOK A COUPLE OF GOOD GULPS OF AIR WHILE THEY WEREN'T LOOKING AND  
    167 voy0167 THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED US FROM CHOKING  
    168 voy0168 I WANTED TO WHISPER TO CLIPPA TO BE BRAVE AND STICK IT OUT  
    169 voy0169 BUT I COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW MOST KINDS OF FISH TALK CANNOT BE HEARD  
    170 voy0170 NOT EVEN A SHOUT UNLESS YOU'RE UNDER WATER THEN  
    171 voy0171 JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO GIVE IT UP AND LET ON THAT WE WERE ALIVE  
    172 voy0172 ONE OF THE OLD MEN SHOOK HIS HEAD SADLY  
    173 voy0173 LIFTED US UP AND CARRIED US OUT OF THE BUILDING NOW FOR IT  
    174 voy0174 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WE'LL SOON KNOW OUR FATE LIBERTY OR THE GARBAGE CAN  
    175 voy0175 OUTSIDE TO OUR UNSPEAKABLE HORROR HE MADE STRAIGHT FOR A LARGE ASH BARREL  
    176 voy0176 WHICH STOOD AGAINST THE WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A YARD  
    177 voy0177 MOST HAPPILY FOR US HOWEVER WHILE HE WAS CROSSING THIS YARD  
    178 voy0178 A VERY DIRTY MAN WITH A WAGON AND HORSES DROVE UP AND TOOK THE ASH BARREL AWAY I  
    179 voy0179 SUPPOSE IT WAS HIS PROPERTY THEN THE OLD MAN LOOKED AROUND FOR SOME OTHER PLACE TO THROW US  
    180 voy0180 HE SEEMED ABOUT TO CAST US UPON THE GROUND BUT  
    181 voy0181 HE EVIDENTLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE YARD UNTIDY AND HE DESISTED  
    182 voy0182 THE SUSPENSE WAS TERRIBLE HE MOVED OUTSIDE THE YARD GATE  
    183 voy0183 AND MY HEART SANK ONCE MORE AS I SAW THAT HE NOW INTENDED TO THROW US IN THE GUTTER OF THE ROADWAY  
    184 voy0184 BUT FORTUNE WAS INDEED WITH US THAT DAY  
    185 voy0185 A LARGE MAN IN BLUE CLOTHES AND SILVER BUTTONS STOPPED HIM IN THE NICK OF TIME  
    186 voy0186 EVIDENTLY FROM THE WAY THE LARGE MAN LECTURED AND WAVED A SHORT  
    187 voy0187 THICK STICK IT WAS AGAINST THE RULES OF THE TOWN TO THROW DEAD FISH IN THE STREETS  
    188 voy0188 AT LAST TO OUR UNUTTERABLE JOY THE OLD MAN TURNED AND MOVED OFF WITH US TOWARDS THE HARBOR  
    189 voy0189 HE WALKED SO SLOWLY  
    190 voy0190 MUTTERING TO HIMSELF ALL THE WAY AND WATCHING THE MAN IN BLUE OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE THAT  
    191 voy0191 I WANTED TO BITE HIS FINGER TO MAKE HIM HURRY UP  
    192 voy0192 BOTH CLIPPA AND I WERE ACTUALLY AT OUR LAST GASP  
    193 voy0193 FINALLY HE REACHED THE SEA WALL  
    194 voy0194 AND GIVING US ONE LAST SAD LOOK HE DROPPED US INTO THE WATERS OF THE HARBOR  
    195 voy0195 NEVER HAD WE REALIZED ANYTHING LIKE THE THRILL OF THAT MOMENT AS WE  
    196 voy0196 FELT THE SALT WETNESS CLOSE OVER OUR HEADS WITH ONE  
    197 voy0197 FLICK OF OUR TAILS WE CAME TO LIFE AGAIN THE OLD MAN WAS SO SURPRISED  
    198 voy0198 THAT HE FELL RIGHT INTO THE WATER ALMOST ON TOP OF US  
    199 voy0199 FROM THIS HE WAS RESCUED BY A SAILOR WITH A BOAT HOOK  
    200 voy0200 AND THE LAST WE SAW OF HIM  
    201 voy0201 THE MAN IN BLUE WAS DRAGGING HIM AWAY BY THE COAT COLLAR LECTURING HIM AGAIN  
    202 voy0202 APPARENTLY IT WAS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES OF THE TOWN TO THROW DEAD FISH INTO THE HARBOR  
    203 voy0203 BUT WE WHAT TIME OR THOUGHT HAD WE FOR HIS TROUBLES WE WERE FREE  
    204 voy0204 IN LIGHTNING LEAPS IN CURVING SPURTS IN CRAZY ZIG ZAGS WHOOPING SHRIEKING WITH DELIGHT  
    205 voy0205 WE SPED FOR HOME AND THE OPEN SEA THAT IS ALL OF MY STORY AND  
    206 voy0206 I WILL NOW AS I PROMISED LAST NIGHT  
    207 voy0207 TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE SEA  
    208 voy0208 ON CONDITION THAT I AM SET AT LIBERTY AS SOON AS YOU HAVE DONE  
    209 voy0209 THE DOCTOR  
    210 voy0210 IS THERE ANY PART OF THE SEA DEEPER THAN THAT KNOWN AS THE NERO DEEP I MEAN THE ONE NEAR THE ISLAND OF GUAM  
    211 voy0211 THE FIDGIT WHY CERTAINLY THERE'S ONE MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT NEAR THE MOUTH  
    212 voy0212 OF THE AMAZON RIVER BUT IT'S SMALL AND HARD TO FIND  
    213 voy0213 WE CALL IT THE DEEP HOLE AND THERE'S ANOTHER IN THE ANTARCTIC SEA  
    214 voy0214 THE DOCTOR CAN YOU TALK ANY SHELLFISH LANGUAGE YOURSELF THE FIDGIT NO NOT A WORD  
    215 voy0215 WE REGULAR FISHES DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SHELLFISH WE CONSIDER THEM A LOW CLASS  
    216 voy0216 THE DOCTOR BUT WHEN YOU'RE NEAR THEM CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUND THEY MAKE TALKING I MEAN  
    217 voy0217 WITHOUT NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY SAY THE FIDGIT ONLY WITH THE VERY LARGEST ONES  
    218 voy0218 SHELLFISH HAVE SUCH WEAK SMALL VOICES IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR  
    219 voy0219 ANY BUT THEIR OWN KIND TO HEAR THEM BUT WITH THE BIGGER ONES IT IS DIFFERENT  
    220 voy0220 THEY MAKE A SAD BOOMING NOISE RATHER LIKE AN IRON PIPE  
    221 voy0221 BEING KNOCKED WITH A STONE ONLY NOT NEARLY SO LOUD OF COURSE  
    222 voy0222 THE DOCTOR I AM MOST ANXIOUS TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA TO STUDY MANY THINGS  
    223 voy0223 BUT WE LAND ANIMALS AS YOU NO DOUBT KNOW ARE UNABLE TO BREATHE UNDER WATER  
    224 voy0224 HAVE YOU ANY IDEAS THAT MIGHT HELP ME THE FIDGIT  
    225 voy0225 I THINK THAT FOR BOTH YOUR DIFFICULTIES THE BEST THING FOR YOU TO DO  
    226 voy0226 WOULD BE TO TRY AND GET HOLD OF THE GREAT GLASS SEA SNAIL  
    227 voy0227 THE DOCTOR ER WHO OR WHAT IS THE GREAT GLASS SEA SNAIL  
    228 voy0228 THE FIDGIT HE IS AN ENORMOUS SALT WATER SNAIL  
    229 voy0229 ONE OF THE WINKLE FAMILY BUT AS LARGE AS A BIG HOUSE  
    230 voy0230 HE TALKS QUITE LOUDLY WHEN HE SPEAKS BUT THIS IS NOT OFTEN  
    231 voy0231 HE CAN GO TO ANY PART OF THE OCEAN AT ALL DEPTHS  
    232 voy0232 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ANY CREATURE IN THE SEA  
    233 voy0233 HIS SHELL IS MADE OF TRANSPARENT MOTHER O PEARL SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT  
    234 voy0234 BUT IT'S THICK AND STRONG WHEN HE IS OUT OF HIS SHELL AND  
    235 voy0235 HE CARRIES IT EMPTY ON HIS BACK THERE  
    236 voy0236 IS ROOM IN IT FOR A WAGON AND A PAIR OF HORSES  
    237 voy0237 HE HAS BEEN SEEN CARRYING HIS FOOD IN IT WHEN TRAVELING THE DOCTOR  
    238 voy0238 I FEEL THAT THAT IS JUST THE CREATURE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR  
    239 voy0239 HE COULD TAKE ME AND MY ASSISTANT INSIDE HIS SHELL AND WE  
    240 voy0240 COULD EXPLORE THE DEEPEST DEPTHS IN SAFETY DO YOU THINK YOU COULD GET HIM FOR ME  
    241 voy0241 THE FIDGIT ALAS NO I WOULD WILLINGLY IF I COULD  
    242 voy0242 BUT HE IS HARDLY EVER SEEN BY ORDINARY FISH  
    243 voy0243 HE LIVES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP HOLE AND SELDOM COMES OUT  
    244 voy0244 AND INTO THE DEEP HOLE THE LOWER WATERS OF WHICH ARE MUDDY  
    245 voy0245 FISHES SUCH AS WE ARE AFRAID TO GO THE DOCTOR  
    246 voy0246 DEAR ME THAT'S A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT ARE THERE MANY OF THIS KIND OF SNAIL IN THE SEA  
    247 voy0247 THE FIDGIT OH NO HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE SINCE HIS SECOND WIFE  
    248 voy0248 DIED LONG LONG AGO HE IS THE LAST OF THE GIANT SHELLFISH HE  
    249 voy0249 BELONGS TO PAST AGES WHEN THE WHALES WERE LAND ANIMALS AND ALL THAT  
    250 voy0250 THEY SAY HE IS OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD THE DOCTOR GOOD GRACIOUS  
    251 voy0251 WHAT WONDERFUL THINGS HE COULD TELL ME I DO WISH I COULD MEET HIM  
    252 voy0252 THE FIDGIT WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU WISHED TO ASK ME  
    253 voy0253 THIS WATER IN YOUR TANK IS GETTING QUITE WARM AND SICKLY  
    254 voy0254 I'D LIKE TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE SEA AS SOON AS YOU CAN SPARE ME  
    255 voy0255 THE DOCTOR JUST ONE MORE THING WHEN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN  
    256 voy0256 FOURTEEN NINETY TWO HE THREW OVERBOARD TWO COPIES OF HIS DIARY SEALED UP IN BARRELS  
    257 voy0257 ONE OF THEM WAS NEVER FOUND IT MUST HAVE SUNK  
    258 voy0258 I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT FOR MY LIBRARY DO  
    259 voy0259 YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE IT IS THE FIDGIT YES I DO  
    260 voy0260 THAT TOO IS IN THE DEEP HOLE WHEN THE BARREL SANK THE CURRENTS DRIFTED IT NORTHWARDS  
    261 voy0261 DOWN WHAT WE CALL THE ORINOCO SLOPE TILL IT FINALLY DISAPPEARED INTO THE DEEP HOLE  
    262 voy0262 IF IT WAS ANY OTHER PART OF THE SEA I'D TRY AND GET IT FOR YOU  
    263 voy0263 BUT NOT THERE THE DOCTOR WELL THAT IS ALL I THINK  
    264 voy0264 I HATE TO PUT YOU BACK INTO THE SEA  
    265 voy0265 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS SOON AS I DO  
    266 voy0266 I'LL THINK OF A HUNDRED OTHER QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK YOU BUT  
    267 voy0267 I MUST KEEP MY PROMISE WOULD YOU CARE FOR ANYTHING BEFORE YOU GO  
    268 voy0268 IT SEEMS A COLD DAY SOME CRACKER CRUMBS OR SOMETHING THE FIDGIT  
    269 voy0269 NO I WON'T STOP ALL I WANT JUST AT PRESENT IS FRESH SEA WATER  
    270 voy0270 THE DOCTOR I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN ME  
    271 voy0271 YOU HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND PATIENT THE FIDGIT PRAY DO NOT MENTION IT  
    272 voy0272 IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE GREAT JOHN DOLITTLE  
    273 voy0273 YOU ARE AS OF COURSE YOU KNOW ALREADY QUITE FAMOUS AMONG THE BETTER CLASS OF FISHES  
    274 voy0274 GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU TO YOUR SHIP AND TO ALL YOUR PLANS  
    275 voy0275 THE DOCTOR CARRIED THE LISTENING TANK TO A PORTHOLE  
    276 voy0276 OPENED IT AND EMPTIED THE TANK INTO THE SEA GOOD BYE HE MURMURED  
    277 voy0277 AS A FAINT SPLASH REACHED US FROM WITHOUT I DROPPED MY PENCIL ON THE TABLE AND LEANED BACK  
    278 voy0278 WITH A SIGH MY FINGERS WERE SO STIFF WITH WRITERS CRAMP THAT I  
    279 voy0279 FELT AS THOUGH I SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO OPEN MY HAND AGAIN  
    280 voy0280 BUT I AT LEAST HAD HAD A NIGHT'S SLEEP AS FOR THE POOR DOCTOR  
    281 voy0281 HE WAS SO WEARY THAT HE HAD HARDLY PUT THE TANK BACK UPON THE TABLE AND DROPPED INTO A CHAIR  
    282 voy0282 WHEN HIS EYES CLOSED AND HE BEGAN TO SNORE IN THE PASSAGE OUTSIDE  
    283 voy0283 POLYNESIA SCRATCHED ANGRILY AT THE DOOR I ROSE AND LET HER IN  
    284 voy0284 A NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS SHE STORMED WHAT SORT OF A SHIP IS THIS  
    285 voy0285 THERE'S THAT COLORED MAN UPSTAIRS ASLEEP UNDER THE WHEEL THE DOCTOR ASLEEP DOWN HERE  
    286 voy0286 AND YOU MAKING POT HOOKS IN A COPY BOOK WITH A PENCIL  
    287 voy0287 EXPECT THE SHIP TO STEER HERSELF TO BRAZIL WE'RE JUST  
    288 voy0288 DRIFTING AROUND THE SEA LIKE AN EMPTY BOTTLE AND A WEEK BEHIND TIME AS IT IS  
    289 voy0289 WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU ALL SHE WAS SO ANGRY THAT HER VOICE ROSE TO A SCREAM BUT  
    290 voy0290 IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN THAT TO WAKE THE DOCTOR  
    291 voy0291 I PUT THE NOTE BOOK CAREFULLY IN A DRAWER AND WENT ON DECK  
    292 voy0292 TO TAKE THE WHEEL END OF CHAPTER TWO  
     1eti0001 CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE OF ETIQUETTE THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN  
     2eti0002 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG RECORDED BY LAURY ANNE WALDEN  
     3eti0003 ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY IN BUSINESS IN POLITICS AND AT HOME BY EMILY POST CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE  
     4eti0004 THE KINDERGARTEN OF ETIQUETTE IN THE HOUSES OF THE WELL TO DO  
     5eti0005 WHERE THE NURSERY IS IN CHARGE OF A WOMAN OF REFINEMENT  
     6eti0006 WHO IS COMPETENT TO TEACH LITTLE CHILDREN PROPER BEHAVIOR  
     7eti0007 THEY ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO COME TO TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM UNTIL THEY HAVE LEARNED AT LEAST THE ELEMENTS OF GOOD MANNERS  
     8eti0008 BUT WHETHER IN A BIG HOUSE OF THIS DESCRIPTION  
     9eti0009 OR IN A SMALL HOUSE WHERE PERHAPS THE MOTHER ALONE MUST BE THE TEACHER  
     10eti0010 CHILDREN CAN SCARCELY BE TOO YOUNG TO BE TAUGHT THE RUDIMENTS OF ETIQUETTE  
     11eti0011 NOR CAN THE TEACHING BE TOO PATIENTLY OR TOO CONSCIENTIOUSLY CARRIED OUT  
     12eti0012 TRAINING A CHILD IS EXACTLY LIKE TRAINING A PUPPY A LITTLE HEEDLESS INATTENTION AND IT IS OUT IF HAND IMMEDIATELY  
     13eti0013 THE GREAT THING IS NOT TO LET IT ACQUIRE BAD HABITS THAT MUST AFTERWARD BE BROKEN  
     14eti0014 ANY CHILD CAN BE TAUGHT TO BE BEAUTIFULLY BEHAVED WITH NO EFFORT GREATER THAN QUIET PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE  
     15eti0015 WHEREAS TO BREAK BAD HABITS ONCE THEY ARE ACQUIRED IS A HERCULEAN TASK ELEMENTARY TABLE MANNERS  
     16eti0016 SINCE A VERY LITTLE CHILD CAN NOT HOLD A SPOON PROPERLY  
     17eti0017 AND AS NEATNESS IS THE FIRST REQUISITE IN TABLE MANNERS  
     18eti0018 IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HOLD ITS SPOON AS IT MIGHT TAKE HOLD OF A BAR IN FRONT OF IT  
     19eti0019 BACK OF THE HAND UP THUMB CLOSED OVER FIST THE PUSHER  
     20eti0020 A SMALL FLAT PIECE OF SILVER AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A HANDLE  
     21eti0021 IS HELD IN THE SAME WAY IN THE LEFT HAND ALSO IN THE FIRST EATING LESSONS  
     22eti0022 A BABY MUST BE ALLOWED TO PUT A SPOON IN ITS MOUTH POINTED END FOREMOST  
     23eti0023 ITS FIRST LESSONS MUST BE TO TAKE SMALL MOUTHFULS TO EAT VERY SLOWLY TO SPILL NOTHING  
     24eti0024 TO KEEP THE MOUTH SHUT WHILE CHEWING AND NOT SMEAR ITS FACE OVER  
     25eti0025 IN DRINKING A CHILD SHOULD USE BOTH HANDS TO HOLD A MUG OR GLASS  
     26eti0026 UNTIL ITS HAND IS BIG ENOUGH SO IT CAN EASILY HOLD A GLASS IN ONE  
     27eti0027 WHEN IT CAN EAT WITHOUT SPILLING ANYTHING OR SMEARING ITS LIPS  
     28eti0028 AND DRINK WITHOUT MAKING GREASE MOONS ON ITS MUG OR TUMBLER BY ALWAYS WIPING ITS MOUTH BEFORE DRINKING  
     29eti0029 IT MAY BE ALLOWED TO COME TO TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM AS A TREAT  
     30eti0030 FOR SUNDAY LUNCH OR BREAKFAST OR IF IT HAS BEEN TAUGHT BY ITS MOTHER AT TABLE  
     31eti0031 SHE CAN RELAX HER ATTENTION SOMEWHAT FROM ITS PROGRESS GIRLS ARE USUALLY DAINTIER AND MORE EASILY TAUGHT THAN BOYS  
     32eti0032 BUT MOST CHILDREN WILL BEHAVE BADLY AT TABLE IF LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES  
     33eti0033 EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY COMMIT NO SERIOUS OFFENSES SUCH AS MAKING A MESS OF THEIR FOOD OR THEMSELVES  
     34eti0034 OR TALKING WITH THEIR MOUTHS FULL ALL CHILDREN LOVE TO CRUMB BREAD  
     35eti0035 FLOP THIS WAY AND THAT IN THEIR CHAIRS KNOCK SPOONS AND FORKS TOGETHER  
     36eti0036 DAWDLE OVER THEIR FOOD FEED ANIMALS IF ANY ARE ALLOWED IN THE ROOM  
     37eti0037 OR BECOME RESTLESS AND NOISY ONCE GRADUATED TO THE DINING ROOM  
     38eti0038 ANY REVERSION TO SUCH TACTICS MUST BE FIRMLY REPREHENDED  
     39eti0039 AND THE CHILD SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT CONTINUED OFFENSE MEANS A RETURN TO THE NURSERY  
     40eti0040 BUT BEFORE COMPANY IT IS BEST TO SAY AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE  
     41eti0041 SINCE TOO MUCH NAGGING IN THE PRESENCE OF STRANGERS LESSENS A CHILD'S INCENTIVE TO GOOD BEHAVIOR BEFORE THEM  
     42eti0042 IF IT REFUSES TO BEHAVE NICELY MUCH THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO SAY NOTHING  
     43eti0043 BUT GET UP AND QUIETLY LEAD IT FROM THE TABLE BACK TO THE NURSERY  
     44eti0044 IT IS NOT ONLY BAD FOR THE CHILD BUT ANNOYING TO A GUEST  
     45eti0045 TO CONTINUE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE COMPANY  
     46eti0046 AND THE CHILD LEARNS MUCH MORE QUICKLY TO BE WELL BEHAVED IF IT UNDERSTANDS THAT GOOD BEHAVIOR IS THE PRICE OF ADMISSION TO GROWN UP SOCIETY  
     47eti0047 A WORD OR TWO SUCH AS DON'T LEAN ON THE TABLE DARLING OR  
     48eti0048 PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING DEAR SHOULD SUFFICE BUT A CHILD THAT IS NOISY  
     49eti0049 THAT REACHES OUT TO HELP ITSELF TO CANDY OR CAKE THAT INTERRUPTS THE CONVERSATION  
     50eti0050 THAT EATS UNTIDILY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE NURSERY BEFORE IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY GRADUATED  
     51eti0051 TABLE MANNERS MUST OF COURSE PROCEED SLOWLY IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THAT ANY OTHER LESSONS PROCEED IN SCHOOL  
     52eti0052 HAVING LEARNED WHEN A BABY TO USE THE NURSERY IMPLEMENTS OF SPOON AND PUSHER  
     53eti0053 THE CHILD WHEN IT IS A LITTLE OLDER DISCARDS THEM FOR THE FORK SPOON  
     54eti0054 AND KNIFE THE PROPER USE OF THE FORK AS SOON THEREFORE AS HIS HAND IS DEXTEROUS ENOUGH  
     55eti0055 THE CHILD MUST BE TAUGHT TO HOLD HIS FORK NO LONGER GRIPPED BABY FASHION IN HIS FIST  
     56eti0056 BUT MUCH AS A PENCIL IS HELD IN WRITING ONLY THE FINGERS ARE PLACED NEARER THE TOP  
     57eti0057 THAN THE POINT THE THUMB AND TWO FIRST FINGERS ARE CLOSED AROUND THE HANDLE TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY UP THE SHANK  
     58eti0058 AND THE FOOD IS TAKEN UP SHOVEL WISE ON THE TURNED UP PRONGS  
     59eti0059 AT FIRST HIS LITTLE FINGERS WILL HOLD HIS FORK STIFFLY  
     60eti0060 BUT AS HE GROWS OLDER HIS FINGERS WILL BECOME MORE FLEXIBLE  
     61eti0061 JUST AS THEY WILL IN HOLDING HIS PENCIL IF HE FINDS IT HARD WORK TO SHOVEL HIS FOOD  
     62eti0062 HE CAN FOR A WHILE CONTINUE TO USE HIS NURSERY PUSHER  
     63eti0063 BY AND BY THE PUSHER IS CHANGED FOR A SMALL PIECE OF BREAD  
     64eti0064 WHICH IS HELD IN HIS LEFT HAND AND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST TWO FINGERS  
     65eti0065 AND AGAINST WHICH THE FORK SHOVELS UP SUCH ELUSIVE ARTICLES AS CORN PEAS POACHED EGG  
     66eti0066 ETC THE SPOON IN USING THE SPOON HE HOLDS IT IN HIS RIGHT HAND LIKE THE FORK  
     67eti0067 IN EATING CEREAL OR DESSERT HE MAY BE ALLOWED TO DIP THE BOWL OF THE SPOON TOWARD HIM AND EAT FROM THE END  
     68eti0068 BUT IN EATING SOUP HE MUST DIP HIS SPOON AWAY FROM HIM  
     69eti0069 TURNING THE OUTER RIM OF THE BOWL DOWN AS HE DOES SO  
     70eti0070 FILL THE BOWL NOT MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS FULL AND SIP IT WITHOUT NOISE  
     71eti0071 OUT OF THE SIDE NOT THE END OF THE BOWL  
     72eti0072 THE REASON WHY THE BOWL MUST NOT BE FILLED FULL IS BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFT A BRIMMING SPOONFUL OF LIQUID TO HIS MOUTH  
     73eti0073 WITHOUT SPILLING SOME OR IN THE CASE OF PORRIDGE WITHOUT FILLING HIS MOUTH TOO FULL  
     74eti0074 WHILE STILL VERY YOUNG HE MAY BE TAUGHT NEVER TO LEAVE THE SPOON IN A CUP  
     75eti0075 WHILE DRINKING OUT OF IT BUT AFTER STIRRING THE COCOA OR WHATEVER IT IS  
     76eti0076 TO LAY THE SPOON IN THE SAUCER A VERY UGLY TABLE HABIT  
     77eti0077 WHICH SEEMS TO BE AN IMPULSE AMONG ALL CHILDREN IS TO PILE A GREAT QUANTITY OF FOOD ON A FORK  
     78eti0078 AND THEN LICK OR BITE IT OFF PIECEMEAL THIS MUST ON NO ACCOUNT BE PERMITTED  
     79eti0079 IT IS PERFECTLY CORRECT HOWEVER TO SIP A LITTLE AT A TIME OF HOT LIQUID FROM A SPOON  
     80eti0080 IN TAKING ANY LIQUID EITHER FROM A SPOON OR DRINKING VESSEL NO NOISE MUST EVER BE MADE  
     81eti0081 THE FORK AND KNIFE TOGETHER IN BEING TAUGHT TO USE HIS KNIFE  
     82eti0082 THE CHILD SHOULD AT FIRST CUT ONLY SOMETHING VERY EASY SUCH AS A SLICE OF CHICKEN  
     83eti0083 HE SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING WITH BONES OR GRISTLE OR ANYTHING THAT IS TOUGH  
     84eti0084 IN HIS LEFT HAND IS PUT HIS FORK WITH THE PRONGS DOWNWARD  
     85eti0085 HELD NEAR THE TOP OF THE HANDLE HIS INDEX FINGER IS PLACED ON THE SHANK SO THAT IT POINTS TO THE PRONGS  
     86eti0086 AND IS SUPPORTED AT THE SIDE BY HIS THUMB HIS OTHER FINGERS CLOSE UNDERNEATH  
     87eti0087 AND HOLD THE HANDLE TIGHT HE MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HOLD HIS FORK EMIGRANT FASHION  
     88eti0088 PERPENDICULARLY CLUTCHED IN THE CLENCHED FIST AND TO SAW ACROSS THE FOOD AT ITS BASE WITH HIS KNIFE  
     89eti0089 THE KNIFE THE KNIFE IS HELD IN HIS RIGHT HAND EXACTLY AS THE FORK IS HELD IN HIS LEFT  
     90eti0090 FIRMLY AND AT THE END OF THE HANDLE WITH THE INDEX FINGER POINTING DOWN THE BACK OF THE BLADE  
     91eti0091 IN CUTTING HE SHOULD LEARN NOT TO SCRAPE THE BACK OF THE FORK PRONGS WITH THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE KNIFE  
     92eti0092 HAVING CUT OFF A MOUTHFUL HE THRUSTS THE FORK THROUGH IT WITH PRONGS POINTED DOWNWARD  
     93eti0093 AND CONVEYS IT TO HIS MOUTH WITH HIS LEFT HAND  
     94eti0094 HE MUST LEARN TO CUT OFF AND EAT ONE MOUTHFUL AT A TIME  
     95eti0095 IT IS UNNECESSARY TO ADD THAT THE KNIFE MUST NEVER BE PUT IN HIS MOUTH  
     96eti0096 NOR IS IT GOOD FORM TO USE THE KNIFE UNNECESSARILY SOFT FOODS LIKE CROQUETTES  
     97eti0097 HASH ON TOAST ALL EGGS AND VEGETABLES SHOULD BE CUT  
     98eti0098 OR MERELY BROKEN APART WITH THE EDGE OF THE FORK HELD LIKE THE KNIFE  
     99eti0099 AFTER WHICH THE FORK IS TURNED IN THE HAND TO FIRST OR SHOVEL POSITION  
     100eti0100 THE KNIFE MUST NEVER BE USED TO SCOOP BAKED POTATO OUT OF THE SKIN  
     101eti0101 OR TO BUTTER POTATO A FORK MUST BE USED FOR ALL MANIPULATIONS OF VEGETABLES  
     102eti0102 BUTTER FOR BAKED POTATOES TAKEN ON THE TIP OF THE FORK SHOVEL FASHION  
     103eti0103 LAID ON THE POTATO AND THEN PRESSED DOWN AND MIXED WITH THE PRONGS HELD POINTS CURVED UP  
     104eti0104 WHEN NO KNIFE IS BEING USED THE FORK IS HELD IN THE RIGHT HAND  
     105eti0105 WHETHER USED PRONGS DOWN TO IMPALE THE MEAT OR PRONGS UP TO LIFT VEGETABLES  
     106eti0106 TO PILE MASHED POTATO AND OTHER VEGETABLES ON THE CONVEX SIDE OF THE FORK  
     107eti0107 ON TOP OF THE MEAT FOR TWO OR MORE INCHES OF ITS LENGTH  
     108eti0108 IS A DISGUSTING HABIT DEAR TO SCHOOL BOYS AND ONE THAT IS MORE EASILY PREVENTED THAN CORRECTED  
     109eti0109 IN FACT TAKING A BIG MOUTHFUL NEXT TO SMEARING HIS FACE AND CHEWING WITH MOUTH OPEN  
     110eti0110 IS THE WORST OFFENSE AT TABLE WHEN HE HAS FINISHED EATING  
     111eti0111 HE SHOULD LAY HIS KNIFE AND FORK CLOSE TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE  
     112eti0112 WITH HANDLES TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS PLATE  
     113eti0113 THE HANDLES PROJECTING AN INCH OR TWO BEYOND THE RIM OF THE PLATE  
     114eti0114 THEY MUST BE PLACED FAR ENOUGH ON THE PLATE SO THAT THERE IS NO DANGER OF THEIR OVER BALANCING ON TO THE TABLE OR FLOOR  
     115eti0115 WHEN REMOVED AT THE END OF THE COURSE OTHER TABLE MATTERS  
     116eti0116 THE DISTANCE FROM THE TABLE AT WHICH IT IS BEST TO SIT  
     117eti0117 IS A MATTER OF PERSONAL COMFORT  
     118eti0118 A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE SO CLOSE THAT HIS ELBOWS ARE BENT LIKE A GRASSHOPPER'S  
     119eti0119 NOR SO FAR BACK THAT FOOD IS APT TO BE SPILLED IN TRANSIT FROM PLATE TO MOUTH  
     120eti0120 CHILDREN LIKE TO DRINK VERY LONG AND RAPIDLY ALL IN ONE BREATH  
     121eti0121 UNTIL THEY ARE PINK AROUND THE EYES AND ARE LITERALLY GASPING  
     122eti0122 THEY ALSO LOVE TO PUT THEIR WHOLE HANDS IN THEIR FINGER BOWLS AND WIGGLE THEIR FINGERS  
     123eti0123 A BABY OF TWO OR AT LEAST BY THE TIME HE IS THREE  
     124eti0124 SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO DIP THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS IN THE FINGER BOWL  
     125eti0125 WITHOUT PLAYING DRAW THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND ACROSS HIS MOUTH  
     126eti0126 AND THEN WIPE HIS LIPS AND FINGERS ON THE APRON OF HIS BIB  
     127eti0127 NO SMALL CHILD CAN BE EXPECTED TO USE A NAPKIN INSTEAD OF A BIB  
     128eti0128 NO MATTER HOW NICELY BEHAVED HE MAY BE THERE IS ALWAYS DANGER OF HIS SPILLING SOMETHING SOME TIME  
     129eti0129 SOFT BOILED EGG IS HIDEOUSLY DIFFICULT TO EAT WITHOUT EVER GETTING A DROP OF IT DOWN THE FRONT  
     130eti0130 AND IT IS MUCH EASIER TO SUPPLY HIM WITH A CLEAN BIB FOR THE NEXT MEAL  
     131eti0131 THAN TO CHANGE HIS DRESS FOR THE NEXT MOMENT VERY LITTLE CHILDREN USUALLY HAVE HOT WATER PLATES  
     132eti0132 THAT ARE SPECIALLY MADE LIKE A DOUBLE PLATE WITH HOT WATER SPACE BETWEEN  
     133eti0133 ON WHICH THE MEAT IS CUT UP AND THE VEGETABLES FIXED IN THE PANTRY  
     134eti0134 AND BROUGHT TO THE CHILDREN BEFORE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE TABLE ARE SERVED  
     135eti0135 NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO BE MADE TO WAIT  
     136eti0136 AND HAVE THEIR ATTENTION ATTRACTED BY FOOD NOT FOR THEM BUT BECAUSE THEY TAKE SO LONG TO EAT  
     137eti0137 AS SOON AS THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO EAT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE THEY ARE SERVED  
     138eti0138 NOT LAST BUT IN THE REGULAR ROTATION AT TABLE IN WHICH THEY COME  
     139eti0139 TABLE TRICKS THAT MUST BE CORRECTED TO SIT UP STRAIGHT AND KEEP THEIR HANDS IN THEIR LAPS WHEN NOT OCCUPIED WITH EATING  
     140eti0140 IS VERY HARD FOR A CHILD BUT SHOULD BE INSISTED UPON IN ORDER TO PREVENT A CARELESS ATTITUDE  
     141eti0141 THAT ALL TOO READILY DEGENERATES INTO FLOPPING THIS WAY AND THAT AND INTO FINGERING  
     142eti0142 WHATEVER IS IN REACH HE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO WARM HIS HANDS ON HIS PLATE  
     143eti0143 OR DRUM ON THE TABLE OR SCREW HIS NAPKIN INTO A ROPE OR MAKE MARKS ON THE TABLECLOTH  
     144eti0144 IF HE SHOWS TALENT AS AN ARTIST GIVE HIM PENCILS OR MODELING WAX IN HIS PLAYROOM  
     145eti0145 BUT DO NOT LET HIM BITE HIS SLICE OF BREAD INTO THE SILHOUETTE OF AN ANIMAL  
     146eti0146 OR MODEL FIGURES IN SOFT BREAD AT THE TABLE  
     147eti0147 AND DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO CONSTRUCT A TENT OUT OF TWO FORKS  
     148eti0148 OR AN AUTOMOBILE CHASSIS OUT OF TUMBLERS AND KNIVES FOOD AND TABLE IMPLEMENTS ARE NOT PLAYTHINGS  
     149eti0149 NOR IS THE DINING ROOM A PLAYGROUND TALKING AT TABLE WHEN OLDER PEOPLE ARE PRESENT AT TABLE  
     150eti0150 AND A CHILD WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING HE MUST BE TAUGHT TO STOP EATING MOMENTARILY AND LOOK AT HIS MOTHER  
     151eti0151 WHO AT THE FIRST PAUSE IN THE CONVERSATION WILL SAY WHAT IS IT DEAR  
     152eti0152 AND THE CHILD THEN HAS HIS SAY IF HE WANTS MERELY TO LAUNCH FORTH ON A LONG SUBJECT OF HIS OWN CONVERSATION  
     153eti0153 HIS MOTHER SAYS NOT NOW DARLING WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT BY AND BY OR  
     154eti0154 DON'T YOU SEE THAT MOTHER IS TALKING TO AUNT MARY WHEN CHILDREN ARE AT TABLE ALONE WITH THEIR MOTHER  
     155eti0155 THEY SHOULD NOT ONLY BE ALLOWED TO TALK BUT UNCONSCIOUSLY TRAINED IN TABLE CONVERSATION  
     156eti0156 AS WELL AS IN TABLE MANNERS CHILDREN ARE ALL MORE OR LESS LITTLE MONKEYS IN THAT THEY IMITATE EVERYTHING THEY SEE  
     157eti0157 IF THEIR MOTHER TREATS THEM EXACTLY AS SHE DOES HER VISITORS THEY IN TURN PLAY VISITOR TO PERFECTION  
     158eti0158 NOTHING HURTS THE FEELINGS OF CHILDREN MORE THAN NOT BEING ALLOWED TO BEHAVE LIKE GROWN PERSONS WHEN THEY THINK THEY ARE ABLE  
     159eti0159 TO BE HELPED TO BE FED TO HAVE THEIR FOOD CUT UP  
     160eti0160 ALL HAVE A STULTIFYING EFFECT UPON THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS SOON AS THEY HAVE BECOME EXPERT ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT THESE SERVICES FOR THEMSELVES  
     161eti0161 CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT FROM THE TIME THEY ARE LITTLE NOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE  
     162eti0162 A CHILD WHO IS NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING BUT NO THANK YOU AT HOME  
     163eti0163 WILL NOT MORTIFY HIS MOTHER IN PUBLIC BY SCREAMING I HATE STEAK I WON'T EAT POTATO  
     164eti0164 I WANT ICE CREAM QUIETNESS AT TABLE  
     165eti0165 OLDER CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO JERK OUT THEIR CHAIRS TO FLOP DOWN SIDEWAYS TO FLICK THEIR NAPKINS BY ONE CORNER  
     166eti0166 TO REACH OUT FOR SOMETHING OR BEGIN TO EAT NUTS FRUIT OR OTHER TABLE DECORATIONS  
     167eti0167 A CHILD AS WELL AS A GROWN PERSON SHOULD SIT DOWN QUIETLY IN THE CENTER OF HIS CHAIR  
     168eti0168 AND DRAW IT UP TO THE TABLE IF THERE IS NO ONE TO PUSH IT IN FOR HIM  
     169eti0169 BY HOLDING THE SEAT IN EITHER HAND WHILE MOMENTARILY LIFTING HIMSELF ON HIS FEET  
     170eti0170 HE MUST NOT JUMP OR ROCK HIS CHAIR INTO PLACE AT THE TABLE  
     171eti0171 IN GETTING UP FROM THE TABLE AGAIN HE MUST PUSH HIS CHAIR BACK QUIETLY  
     172eti0172 USING HIS HANDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CHAIR SEAT AND NOT BY HOLDING ON TO THE TABLE EDGE  
     173eti0173 AND GIVING HIMSELF CHAIR AND ALL A SUDDEN SHOVE  
     174eti0174 THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A SOUND MADE BY THE PUSHING IN OR OUT OF CHAIRS AT TABLE  
     175eti0175 THE SPOILED CHILD THE BAD MANNERS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ARE SUPPOSED BY FOREIGNERS TO BE TYPICAL  
     176eti0176 ARE NEARLY ALWAYS THE RESULT OF THEIR BEING GIVEN STAR PARTS BY OVER FOND BUT EQUALLY OVER FOOLISH MOTHERS  
     177eti0177 IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO BRING TO MIND THE MOST IRRITATING AND OBJECTIONABLE CHILD ONE KNOWS  
     178eti0178 AND THE CHANCES ARE THAT ITS MOTHER CONTINUALLY THROWS THE SPOTLIGHT ON IT  
     179eti0179 BY TALKING TO IT AND ABOUT IT  
     180eti0180 AND BY CALLING ATTENTION TO ITS LOOKS OR ITS CUNNING WAYS OR EVEN POSSIBLY ITS NAUGHTINESS  
     181eti0181 IT IS HUMANLY NATURAL TO MAKE A FUSS OVER LITTLE CHILDREN PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE PRETTY  
     182eti0182 AND IT TAKES QUITE SUPER HUMAN CONTROL FOR A YOUNG MOTHER NOT TO SHOW OFF HER TREASURE  
     183eti0183 BUT TO SAY INSTEAD PLEASE DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HER  
     184eti0184 SOME CHILDREN WHO ARE ESPECIALLY FREE FROM SELF CONSCIOUSNESS STAND STARDOM BETTER THAN OTHERS WHO ARE MORE READILY SPOILED  
     185eti0185 BUT IN NINE CASES OUT OF TEN THE OLD FASHIONED METHOD THAT ASSIGNED CHILDREN TO INCONSPICUOUS PLACES IN THE BACKGROUND  
     186eti0186 AND DECREED THEY MIGHT BE SEEN BUT NOT HEARD  
     187eti0187 PRODUCED MEN AND WOMEN OF FAR GREATER CHARM THAN THE MODERN METHOD OF ENCOURAGING PUBLIC SELF EXPRESSION  
     188eti0188 FROM INFANCY UPWARD CHIEF VIRTUE OBEDIENCE NO YOUNG HUMAN BEING ANY MORE THAN A YOUNG DOG  
     189eti0189 HAS THE LEAST CLAIM TO ATTRACTIVENESS UNLESS IT IS TRAINED TO MANNERS AND OBEDIENCE  
     190eti0190 THE CHILD THAT WHINES INTERRUPTS FUSSES FIDGETS AND DOES NOTHING THAT IT IS TOLD TO DO  
     191eti0191 HAS NOT THE LEAST POWER OF ATTRACTION FOR ANY ONE EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE THE FEATURES OF AN ANGEL  
     192eti0192 AND BE DRESSED LIKE A PICTURE ANOTHER THAT MAY HAVE NO CLAIM TO BEAUTY WHATEVER  
     193eti0193 BUT THAT IS SWEET AND NICELY BEHAVED EXERTS CHARM OVER EVERY ONE  
     194eti0194 WHEN POSSIBLE A CHILD SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY THE INSTANT IT BECOMES DISOBEDIENT  
     195eti0195 IT SOON LEARNS THAT IT CAN NOT STAY WITH MOTHER UNLESS IT IS WELL BEHAVED  
     196eti0196 THIS MEANS THAT IT LEARNS SELF CONTROL IN BABYHOOD NOT ONLY MUST CHILDREN OBEY  
     197eti0197 BUT THEY MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO SHOW OFF OR BECOME PERT  
     198eti0198 OR TO CONTRADICT OR TO ANSWER BACK AND AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD NO  
     199eti0199 THEY MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED BY PERSISTENT NAGGING TO WIN YES A CHILD THAT LOSES ITS TEMPER  
     200eti0200 THAT TEASES THAT IS PETULANT AND DISOBEDIENT AND A NUISANCE TO EVERYBODY  
     201eti0201 IS MERELY A VICTIM POOR LITTLE THING OF PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TOO INCOMPETENT OR NEGLIGENT TO TRAIN IT TO OBEDIENCE  
     202eti0202 MOREOVER THAT SAME CHILD WHEN GROWN WILL BE THE FIRST TO RESENT AND BLAME THE MOTHER'S MISTAKEN SPOILING  
     203eti0203 AND LACK OF GOOD SENSE FAIR PLAY NOTHING APPEALS TO CHILDREN MORE THAN JUSTICE  
     204eti0204 AND THEY SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE NURSERY TO PLAY FAIR IN GAMES  
     205eti0205 TO RESPECT EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY AND RIGHTS TO GIVE CREDIT TO OTHERS  
     206eti0206 AND NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT TO THEMSELVES  
     207eti0207 EVERY CHILD MUST BE TAUGHT NEVER TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE MEAGRE POSSESSIONS OF ANOTHER CHILD  
     208eti0208 WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT AS WELL OFF AS HER OWN A PURSE PROUD OVERBEARING CHILD WHO SAYS TO A PLAYMATE  
     209eti0209 MY CLOTHES WERE ALL MADE IN PARIS AND MY DOLL IS EVER SO MUCH HANDSOMER THAN YOURS  
     210eti0210 OR IS THAT REAL LACE ON YOUR COLLAR IS NOT IMPRESSING HER YOUNG FRIEND WITH HER GRANDEUR AND DISCRIMINATION  
     211eti0211 BUT WITH HER DISAGREEABLENESS AND RUDENESS A BOY WHO BRAGS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS  
     212eti0212 AND BOASTS OF WHAT HE CAN DO  
     213eti0213 IS ONLY LESS OBJECTIONABLE BECAUSE OTHER BOYS ARE SURE TO TAKE IT OUT OF HIM PROMPTLY AND THOROUGHLY  
     214eti0214 NOR SHOULD A BRIGHT OBSERVING CHILD BE ENCOURAGED TO PICK OUT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAILINGS  
     215eti0215 OR TO TELL HER MOTHER HOW INFERIOR OTHER CHILDREN ARE COMPARED WITH HERSELF  
     216eti0216 IF SHE WINS A RACE OR A MEDAL OR IS PRAISED SHE NATURALLY TELLS HER MOTHER  
     217eti0217 AND HER MOTHER NATURALLY REJOICES WITH HER AND IT IS PROPER THAT SHE SHOULD  
     218eti0218 BUT A WISE MOTHER DIRECTS HER CHILD'S MENTAL ATTITUDE TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ARROGANCE  
     219eti0219 SELFISHNESS AND CONCEIT CAN WIN NO PLACE WORTH HAVING IN THE WORLD CHILDREN AT AFTERNOON TEA  
     220eti0220 A CUSTOM IN MANY FASHIONABLE HOUSES IS TO ALLOW CHILDREN AS SOON AS THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH  
     221eti0221 TO COME INTO THE DRAWING ROOM OR LIBRARY AT TEA TIME  
     222eti0222 AS NOTHING GIVES THEM A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE IN COMPANY  
     223eti0223 LITTLE BOYS ARE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO BOW TO VISITORS LITTLE GIRLS TO CURTSY  
     224eti0224 SMALL BOYS ARE TAUGHT TO PLACE THE INDIVIDUAL TABLES HAND PLATES AND TEA  
     225eti0225 AND PASS SANDWICHES AND CAKES IF THERE ARE NO BOYS GIRLS PERFORM THIS OFFICE  
     226eti0226 VERY OFTEN THEY BOTH DO WHEN EVERYBODY HAS BEEN HELPED THE CHILDREN ARE PERHAPS ALLOWED A PIECE OF CAKE  
     227eti0227 WHICH THEY PUT ON A TEA PLATE AND SIT DOWN AND EAT NICELY  
     228eti0228 BUT AS THE TEA HOUR IS VERY NEAR THEIR SUPPER TIME THEY ARE OFTEN ALLOWED NOTHING  
     229eti0229 AND AFTER MAKING THEMSELVES USEFUL GO OUT OF THE ROOM AGAIN  
     230eti0230 IF MANY PEOPLE ARE PRESENT AND THE CHILDREN ARE NOT SPOKEN TO  
     231eti0231 THEY LEAVE THE ROOM UNOBTRUSIVELY AND QUIETLY IF ONLY ONE OR TWO ARE PRESENT  
     232eti0232 ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOM THE CHILDREN KNOW WELL THEY SHAKE HANDS AND SAY GOOD BY  
     233eti0233 AND WALK NOT RUN OUT OF THE ROOM  
     234eti0234 THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WELL BRED PEOPLE BECOME USED FROM CHILDHOOD TO INSTINCTIVE GOOD MANNERS  
     235eti0235 UNLESS THEY ARE SPOKEN TO THEY WOULD NOT THINK OF SPEAKING OR MAKING THEMSELVES NOTICED IN ANY WAY VERY  
     236eti0236 LITTLE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT REACHED THE AGE OF DISCRETION WHICH MAY BE PLACED AT ABOUT FIVE  
     237eti0237 POSSIBLY NOT UNTIL SIX USUALLY GO IN THE DRAWING ROOM AT TEA TIME  
     238eti0238 ONLY WHEN NEAR RELATIVES OR INTIMATE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY ARE THERE  
     239eti0239 NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS WASHED AND DRESSED SOME CHILDREN WEAR SPECIAL AFTERNOON CLOTHES  
     240eti0240 BUT USUALLY THE CLEAN CLOTHES PUT ON AT TEA TIME GO ON AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING  
     241eti0241 EXCEPT THE THIN SOCKS AND HOUSE SLIPPERS WHICH ARE RESERVED FOR THE EVENING HOUR OF THEIR DAY  
     242eti0242 CHILDREN'S PARTIES A SMALL GIRL OR BOY GIVING A PARTY SHOULD RECEIVE WITH HER MOTHER AT THE DOOR  
     243eti0243 AND GREET ALL HER FRIENDS AS THEY COME IN IF IT IS HER BIRTHDAY AND OTHER CHILDREN BRING HER GIFTS  
     244eti0244 SHE MUST SAY THANK YOU POLITELY ON NO ACCOUNT MUST SHE BE ALLOWED TO TELL A CHILD  
     245eti0245 I HATE DOLLS IF A FRIEND HAS BROUGHT HER ONE  
     246eti0246 SHE MUST LEARN AT AN EARLY AGE THAT AS HOSTESS SHE MUST THINK OF HER GUESTS RATHER THAN HERSELF  
     247eti0247 AND NOT WANT THE BEST TOYS IN THE GRAB BAG OR SCREAM BECAUSE ANOTHER CHILD GETS THE PRIZE THAT IS OFFERED IN A CONTEST  
     248eti0248 IF BEATEN IN A GAME A LITTLE GIRL NO LESS THAN HER BROTHERS  
     249eti0249 MUST NEVER CRY OR COMPLAIN THAT THE CONTEST IS NOT FAIR WHEN SHE LOSES  
     250eti0250 SHE MUST TRY TO HELP HER GUESTS HAVE A GOOD TIME  
     251eti0251 AND NOT INSIST ON PLAYING THE GAME SHE LIKES INSTEAD OF THOSE WHICH THE OTHER CHILDREN SUGGEST  
     252eti0252 WHEN SHE HERSELF GOES TO A PARTY SHE MUST SAY HOW DO YOU DO  
     253eti0253 WHEN SHE ENTERS THE ROOM AND CURTSY TO THE LADY WHO RECEIVES A BOY MAKES A BOW  
     254eti0254 THEY SHOULD HAVE EQUALLY GOOD MANNERS AS WHEN AT HOME  
     255eti0255 AND NOT TRY TO GRAB MORE THAN THEIR SHARE OF FAVORS OR TOYS  
     256eti0256 WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO HOME THEY MUST SAY GOOD BY I HAD A VERY GOOD TIME  
     257eti0257 OR GOOD BY THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH THE CHILD'S REPLY IF THE HOSTESS SAYS  
     258eti0258 GOOD BY GIVE MY LOVE TO YOUR MOTHER THE CHILD ANSWERS YES MRS SMITH  
     259eti0259 IN ALL MONOSYLLABIC REPLIES A CHILD MUST NOT SAY YES OR NO OR WHAT  
     260eti0260 A BOY IN ANSWERING A GENTLEMAN STILL USES THE OLD FASHIONED YES SIR NO SIR  
     261eti0261 I THINK SO SIR BUT MA'AM HAS GONE OUT OF STYLE BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS MUST THEREFORE ANSWER  
     262eti0262 NO MRS SMITH YES MISS JONES A GIRL SAYS YES MR SMITH RATHER THAN SIR  
     263eti0263 ALL CHILDREN SHOULD SAY WHAT DID YOU SAY MOTHER NO FATHER THANK YOU AUNT KATE  
     264eti0264 YES UNCLE FRED ETC THEY NEED NOT INSERT A NAME IN A LONG SENTENCE NOR WITH PLEASE  
     265eti0265 OR THANK YOU YES PLEASE OR NO THANK YOU IS QUITE SUFFICIENT OR IN ANSWERING  
     266eti0266 I JUST SAW MARY DOWN IN THE GARDEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ADD MRS SMITH AT THE END  
     267eti0267 ETIQUETTE FOR GROWN CHILDREN ETIQUETTE FOR GROWN CHILDREN IS PRECISELY THE SAME AS FOR GROWN PERSONS  
     268eti0268 EXCEPTING THAT IN MANY WAYS THE MANNERS EXACTED OF YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE ALERT AND PUNCTILIOUS  
     269eti0269 YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS OF COURSE SHOULD HAVE THE MANNERS OF A GENTLEMAN RATHER THAN THOSE OF A LADY  
     270eti0270 IN THAT A GENTLEMAN ALWAYS RISES RELINQUISHES THE BEST SEAT AND WALKS LAST INTO A ROOM  
     271eti0271 WHEREAS THESE COURTESIES ARE SHOWN TO AND NOT OBSERVED BY LADIES EXCEPT TO OTHER LADIES OLDER THAN THEMSELVES  
     272eti0272 IN GIVING PARTIES YOUNG GIRLS SEND OUT THEIR INVITATIONS AS THEIR MOTHERS DO  
     273eti0273 AND THEIR DEPORTMENT IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THEIR DEBUTANTE SISTER  
     274eti0274 BOYS BEHAVE AS THEIR FATHERS DO AND ARE EQUALLY PUNCTILIOUS IN FOLLOWING THE CODE OF HONOR OF ALL GENTLEMEN  
     275eti0275 THE ONLY DETAILS THEREFORE NOT LIKELY TO BE DESCRIBED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK  
     276eti0276 ARE A FEW ADMONITIONS ON TABLE MANNERS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT ABOVE KINDERGARTEN GRADE  
     277eti0277 THE GRADUATING TESTS IN TABLE MANNERS A YOUNG PERSON MAY BE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF TABLE ETIQUETTE  
     278eti0278 WHEN SHE OR HE  
     279eti0279 WOULD BE ABLE TO SIT AT A FORMAL LUNCH OR DINNER TABLE AND FIND NO DIFFICULTY IN EATING PROPERLY ANY OF THE COMESTIBLES WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HURDLES  
     280eti0280 TO THE INEXPERT CORN ON THE COB  
     281eti0281 CORN ON THE COB COULD BE ELIMINATED SO FAR AS EVER HAVING TO EAT IT IN FORMAL COMPANY IS CONCERNED  
     282eti0282 SINCE IT IS NEVER SERVED AT A LUNCHEON OR A DINNER  
     283eti0283 BUT IF YOU INSIST ON EATING IT AT HOME OR IN A RESTAURANT  
     284eti0284 TO ATTACK IT WITH AS LITTLE FEROCITY AS POSSIBLE IS PERHAPS THE ONLY DIRECTION TO BE GIVEN  
     285eti0285 SINCE AT BEST IT IS AN UNGRACEFUL PERFORMANCE AND TO EAT IT GREEDILY A HORRIBLE SIGHT  
     286eti0286 ASPARAGUS ALTHOUGH ASPARAGUS MAY BE TAKEN IN THE FINGERS DON'T TAKE A LONG DROOPING STALK  
     287eti0287 HOLD IT UP IN THE AIR AND CATCH THE END OF IT IN YOUR MOUTH  
     288eti0288 LIKE A FISH WHEN THE STALKS ARE THIN IT IS BEST TO CUT THEM IN HALF WITH THE FORK  
     289eti0289 EATING THE TIPS LIKE ALL FORK FOOD THE ENDS MAY THEN BE TAKEN IN THE FINGERS AND EATEN WITHOUT A DROPPING FOUNTAIN EFFECT  
     290eti0290 DON'T SQUEEZE THE STALKS OR HOLD YOUR HAND BELOW THE END AND LET THE JUICE RUN DOWN YOUR ARM  
     291eti0291 ARTICHOKES ARTICHOKES ARE ALWAYS EATEN WITH THE FINGERS  
     292eti0292 A LEAF AT A TIME IS PULLED OFF AND THE EDIBLE END DIPPED IN THE SAUCE  
     293eti0293 AND THEN BITTEN OFF BREAD AND BUTTER BREAD SHOULD ALWAYS BE BROKEN INTO SMALL PIECES WITH THE FINGERS BEFORE BEING EATEN  
     294eti0294 IF IT IS TO BE BUTTERED AT LUNCH BREAKFAST OR SUPPER BUT NOT AT DINNER  
     295eti0295 A PIECE IS HELD ON THE EDGE OF THE BREAD AND BUTTER PLATE  
     296eti0296 OR THE PLACE PLATE AND ENOUGH BUTTER SPREAD ON IT FOR A MOUTHFUL OR TWO AT A TIME  
     297eti0297 WITH A SMALL SILVER BUTTER KNIFE BREAD MUST NEVER BE HELD FLAT ON THE PALM OF THE HAND AND BUTTERED IN THE AIR  
     298eti0298 IF THE REGULAR STEEL KNIFE IS USED CARE MUST BE TAKEN NOT TO SMEAR FOOD FROM THE KNIFE'S SIDE ON THE BUTTER  
     299eti0299 ANY FOOD THAT IS SMEARED ABOUT IS LOATHSOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEAUTIFUL TABLE MANNERS ALWAYS KEEP THEIR PLACES AT TABLE NEAT  
     300eti0300 PEOPLE WITH DISGUSTING MANNERS GET EVERYTHING IN A HORRIBLE MESS THE MANAGEMENT OF BONES AND PITS  
     301eti0301 TERRAPIN BONES FISH BONES AND GRAPE SEED MUST BE EATEN QUITE BARE AND CLEAN IN THE MOUTH  
     302eti0302 AND REMOVED ONE AT A TIME BETWEEN FINGER AND THUMB  
     303eti0303 ALL SPITTING OUT OF BONES AND PITS INTO THE PLATE IS DISGUSTING IF FOOD IS TOO HOT  
     304eti0304 QUICKLY TAKE A SWALLOW OF WATER ON NO ACCOUNT SPIT IT OUT  
     305eti0305 IF FOOD HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO YOUR MOUTH NO MATTER HOW YOU HATE IT  
     306eti0306 YOU HAVE GOT TO SWALLOW IT IT IS UNFORGIVABLE TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN IT  
     307eti0307 EXCEPT DRY BONES AND STONES TO SPIT ANYTHING WHATEVER INTO THE CORNER OF YOUR NAPKIN  
     308eti0308 IS TOO NAUSEATING TO COMMENT ON  
     309eti0309 IT IS HORRID TO SEE ANY ONE SPIT SKINS OR PITS ON A FORK OR INTO THE PLATE  
     310eti0310 THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IS BETWEEN FIRST FINGER AND THUMB  
     311eti0311 DRY GRAPE SEEDS OR CHERRY PITS CAN BE DROPPED FROM THE LIPS INTO THE CUPPED HAND  
     312eti0312 PEACHES OR OTHER VERY JUICY FRUITS ARE PEELED AND THEN EATEN WITH KNIFE AND FORK  
     313eti0313 BUT DRY FRUITS SUCH AS APPLES MAY BE CUT AND THEN EATEN IN THE FINGERS  
     314eti0314 NEVER WIPE HANDS THAT HAVE FRUIT JUICE ON THEM ON A NAPKIN WITHOUT FIRST USING A FINGER BOWL  
     315eti0315 BECAUSE FRUIT JUICES MAKE INDELIBLE STAINS BIRDS BIRDS ARE NOT EATEN WITH THE FINGERS IN COMPANY  
     316eti0316 YOU CUT OFF AS MUCH OF THE MEAT AS YOU CAN AND LEAVE THE REST ON YOUR PLATE  
     317eti0317 FORKS OR FINGERS ALL JUICY OR GOOEY FRUITS OR CAKES ARE BEST EATEN WITH A FORK  
     318eti0318 BUT IN MOST CASES IT IS A MATTER OF DEXTERITY  
     319eti0319 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO EAT A PEACH IN YOUR FINGERS AND NOT SMEAR YOUR FACE  
     320eti0320 LET JUICE RUN DOWN OR MAKE A SUCKING NOISE YOU ARE THE ONE IN A THOUSAND WHO MAY  
     321eti0321 AND WITH UTMOST PROPRIETY CONTINUE THE FEAT  
     322eti0322 IF YOU CAN EAT A NAPOLEON OR A CREAM PUFF AND NOT LET THE CREAM OOZE OUT ON THE FAR SIDE  
     323eti0323 YOU NEED NOT USE A FORK BUT IF YOU CAN NOT EAT SOMETHING  
     324eti0324 NO MATTER WHAT IT IS WITHOUT GETTING IT ALL OVER YOUR FINGERS YOU MUST USE A FORK  
     325eti0325 AND IF NECESSARY A KNIFE ALSO ALL RULES OF TABLE MANNERS ARE MADE TO AVOID UGLINESS  
     326eti0326 TO LET ANY ONE SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR MOUTH IS REPULSIVE  
     327eti0327 TO MAKE A NOISE IS TO SUGGEST AN ANIMAL TO MAKE A MESS IS DISGUSTING  
     328eti0328 ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRIFLING DECREES OF ETIQUETTE  
     329eti0329 THAT ARE MERELY FINICAL UNREASONABLE AND SILLY  
     330eti0330 WHY ONE SHOULD NOT CUT ONE'S SALAD IN SMALL PIECES IF ONE WANTS TO MAKES LITTLE SENSE  
     331eti0331 UNLESS ONE WANTS TO CUT UP A WHOLE PLATEFUL AND MAKE THE PLATE MESSY  
     332eti0332 A STEEL KNIFE MUST NOT BE USED FOR SALAD OR FRUIT BECAUSE IT TURNS BLACK  
     333eti0333 TO CONDEMN THE AMERICAN CUSTOM OF EATING A SOFT BOILED EGG IN A GLASS OR CUP  
     334eti0334 BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE THE ENGLISH FASHION TO SCOOP IT THROUGH THE RAGGED EDGE OF THE SHELL  
     335eti0335 IS ABOUT AS REASONABLE AS THOUGH WE WERE TO PROCLAIM ENGLISH MANNERS BAD BECAUSE THEY TAG A BREAKFAST DISH  
     336eti0336 CALLED A SAVORY OF FISH ROE OR SOMETHING EQUALLY INAPPROPRIATE AFTER THE DESSERT AT DINNER  
     337eti0337 MANY OTHER ARBITRARY RULES FOR EATING FOOD WITH FORK SPOON OR FINGERS  
     338eti0338 ARE ALSO STUMBLING BLOCKS RATHER THAN AIDS TO SMOOTHNESS AS SAID ABOVE  
     339eti0339 ONE EATS WITH A FORK OR SPOON FINGER FOODS THAT ARE MESSY AND STICKY  
     340eti0340 ONE EATS WITH THE FINGER THOSE WHICH ARE DRY  
     341eti0341 IT IS TRUE THAT ONE SHOULD NOT EAT FRENCH FRIED POTATOES OR SARATOGA CHIPS IN FINGERS  
     342eti0342 BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THEY BELONG TO THE MEAT COURSE SEPARATE VEGETABLE SAUCERS ARE NEVER PUT ON A FASHIONABLE TABLE  
     343eti0343 NEITHER IS BUTTER ALLOWED AT DINNER THEREFORE BOTH MUST BE AVOIDED IN COMPANY BECAUSE COMPANY IS FORMAL  
     344eti0344 AND ETIQUETTE IS FIRST AID ALWAYS TO FORMALITY  
     345eti0345 BUT IF A MAN IN HIS OWN HOUSE LIKES BUTTER WITH HIS DINNER OR A SAUCER FOR HIS TOMATOES  
     346eti0346 HE IS BREAKING THE RULE OF FASHION TO HAVE THEM BUT HE IS SCARCELY COMMITTING AN OFFENSE  
     347eti0347 IN THE SAME WAY IF HE LIKES TO EAT A CHICKEN WING OR A SQUAB LEG IN HIS FINGERS HE CAN ASK FOR A FINGER BOWL  
     348eti0348 THE REAL OBJECTION TO EATING WITH THE FINGERS IS GETTING THEM GREASY OR STICKY  
     349eti0349 AND TO SUCK THEM OR SMEAR ONE'S NAPKIN IS EQUALLY UNSIGHTLY ON THE SUBJECT OF ELBOWS  
     350eti0350 ALTHOUGH ELBOWS ON THE TABLE ARE SEEN CONSTANTLY IN HIGHEST FASHIONABLE CIRCLES A  
     351eti0351 WHOLE TABLE'S LENGTH OF ELBOWS PLANTED LIKE CLOTHES LINE POLES AND HANDS WAVING GLASSES OR FORKS ABOUT IN BETWEEN  
     352eti0352 IS NEITHER AN ATTRACTIVE NOR FORTUNATELY AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF A FASHIONABLE DINNER TABLE  
     353eti0353 AS A MATTER OF FACT THE TOLERATED ELBOW ON TABLE IS USED ONLY ON OCCASION AND FOR A REASON  
     354eti0354 AND SHOULD NEITHER BE PERMITTED TO CHILDREN NOR PRACTISED IN THEIR PRESENCE  
     355eti0355 ELBOWS ARE UNIVERSALLY SEEN ON TABLES IN RESTAURANTS  
     356eti0356 ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE LUNCHING OR DINING AT A SMALL TABLE OF TWO OR FOUR  
     357eti0357 AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ONESELF HEARD ABOVE THE MUSIC BY ONE'S TABLE COMPANIONS  
     358eti0358 AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT BE HEARD AT OTHER TABLES NEARBY WITHOUT LEANING FAR FORWARD  
     359eti0359 AND IN LEANING FORWARD A WOMAN'S FIGURE MAKES A MORE GRACEFUL OUTLINE SUPPORTED ON HER ELBOWS  
     360eti0360 THAN DOUBLED FORWARD OVER HER HANDS IN HER LAP AS THOUGH IN PAIN  
     361eti0361 AT HOME WHEN THERE IS NO REASON FOR LEANING ACROSS THE TABLE  
     362eti0362 THERE IS NO REASON FOR ELBOWS AND AT A DINNER OF CEREMONY  
     363eti0363 ELBOWS ON THE TABLE ARE RARELY SEEN EXCEPT AT THE ENDS OF THE TABLE  
     364eti0364 WHERE AGAIN ONE HAS TO LEAN FORWARD IN ORDER TO TALK TO A COMPANION AT A DISTANCE ACROSS THE TABLE CORNER  
     365eti0365 ELBOWS ARE NEVER PUT ON THE TABLE WHILE ONE IS EATING  
     366eti0366 TO SIT WITH THE LEFT ELBOW PROPPED ON THE TABLE WHILE EATING WITH THE RIGHT HAND  
     367eti0367 UNLESS ONE IS ALONE AND ILL OR TO PROP THE RIGHT ONE ON THE TABLE WHILE LIFTING THE FORK OR GLASS TO THE MOUTH  
     368eti0368 MUST BE AVOIDED END OF CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE  
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